Emergency airway puncture
Alternative names:
emergency airway puncture; needle cricothyrotomy
Expectations after surgery:
Emergency airway puncture (cricothyrotomy) can be quite
effective in relieving airway
obstruction.
Convalescence:
See tracheostomy.
Update Date: 02/09/00
Updated by: J. Gordon Lambert, MD, Associate Medical Director,
Utah Health Informatics and adam.com
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